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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Agricultural Implement & Paint Dealer - Part 11 Trim, Stairs, and Test Fitting
Over my lunch breaks on the last few days I got the windows glazed and installed, added the trim, installed the doors, and even scratchbuilt a set of front steps.
Today I even got the initial coat of Sculptamold in place to "plant" the structure. (It needs another coat).
Sharp-eyed readers will note the wires emerging from the side of the structure.
I even installed the subsurface of the street.
Things are shaping up nicely.
Steps were made by stacking square stripwood, which was sanded and painted to give a concrete texture. |
Sharp-eyed readers will note the wires emerging from the side of the structure.
Trim was added using pre-painted 1x6 and 1x8 stripwood. |
Things are shaping up nicely.
Saturday, April 11, 2020
Agricultural Implement & Paint Dealer - Part 10 - Another sign
As I was test-fitting the implement dealer structure in position I decided the scene needed a sign out front - preferably an older, now rusted sign, hanging from a bracket on a pole.
So I found a sign on the internet, sized it in Photoshop, and printed out two signs.
Then I found a length of wood dowel, and some .019" and .008" wire.
The photos show the basic process.
Paint or stain the pole (I used some Hunterline Light Brown, followed by a wash of acrylic Burnt and Raw Umber. Then I drilled a hole in the pole and used ACC to secure a short length of .019" wire. The next step was to glue the sign to the horizontal wire, allowing it to hang a few inches down on the .008" "chain."
Sorry for the quality of the photos - I want to get this structure and scene completed, and didn't want to dig out the proper camera for this - and as you can from the photos above, this sign is really small!
But though it's small, I think it will add just a little something to the finished scene.
So I found a sign on the internet, sized it in Photoshop, and printed out two signs.
Then I found a length of wood dowel, and some .019" and .008" wire.
The photos show the basic process.
Paint or stain the pole (I used some Hunterline Light Brown, followed by a wash of acrylic Burnt and Raw Umber. Then I drilled a hole in the pole and used ACC to secure a short length of .019" wire. The next step was to glue the sign to the horizontal wire, allowing it to hang a few inches down on the .008" "chain."
Sorry for the quality of the photos - I want to get this structure and scene completed, and didn't want to dig out the proper camera for this - and as you can from the photos above, this sign is really small!
But though it's small, I think it will add just a little something to the finished scene.
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Saturday, April 4, 2020
Agricultural Implement & Paint Dealer - Part 9 - A couple of signs
Since none of the prototype photos of the Enosburg Falls implement dealer structure showed any signage, I was on my own when it came to making up appropriate signs.
After looking over what signage I could find (through a variety of internet searches), some common patterns emerged. For one thing, there was a large sign over the larger doors - in fact my prototype has a remnant of such of sign (search through earlier posts in this series of posts).
So it was a simple matter to create an appropriate sign in PhotoShop (above).
On one of my searches, I came across a neat black and yellow McCormick-Deering sign, with the dealer's name in the lower section of the sign. I imported the sign into PhotoShop, and replaced the Mott Implement Co. lettering with my own company's and inserted Enosburg Falls as the town name.
After I printed the signs out (copying and pasting it a few times so I'd have extras in case I messed one up!) I carefully trimmed the overhead sign from the paper and glued it a piece of .040" styrene. Some stained stripwood 3x6 trim, drybrushed white and then installed around the edges of the sign, completed the main sign:
I wanted the Mc-Cormick Deering sign to look like a metal sign so I used a sea sponge to gently dab a compbination of old rust-colored paint to the sign. I made sure to go lightly on the surface and a little heavier on the edges.
Work continues on the main building as well. I realized the inside of the building looked like a big empty box when viewed through the garage door windows. But a full interior didn't seem worth the effort since that would be a little too hard to see - besides, I need to get this building finished and move on to something else!
On a whim, I googled "Vintage Farm Implement Dealer interiors" and found this image:
I sized it to the fit the rear wall of the garage portion of the building, printed it out, and glued it in place.
After looking over what signage I could find (through a variety of internet searches), some common patterns emerged. For one thing, there was a large sign over the larger doors - in fact my prototype has a remnant of such of sign (search through earlier posts in this series of posts).
So it was a simple matter to create an appropriate sign in PhotoShop (above).
On one of my searches, I came across a neat black and yellow McCormick-Deering sign, with the dealer's name in the lower section of the sign. I imported the sign into PhotoShop, and replaced the Mott Implement Co. lettering with my own company's and inserted Enosburg Falls as the town name.
After I printed the signs out (copying and pasting it a few times so I'd have extras in case I messed one up!) I carefully trimmed the overhead sign from the paper and glued it a piece of .040" styrene. Some stained stripwood 3x6 trim, drybrushed white and then installed around the edges of the sign, completed the main sign:
I wanted the Mc-Cormick Deering sign to look like a metal sign so I used a sea sponge to gently dab a compbination of old rust-colored paint to the sign. I made sure to go lightly on the surface and a little heavier on the edges.
Work continues on the main building as well. I realized the inside of the building looked like a big empty box when viewed through the garage door windows. But a full interior didn't seem worth the effort since that would be a little too hard to see - besides, I need to get this building finished and move on to something else!
On a whim, I googled "Vintage Farm Implement Dealer interiors" and found this image:
I sized it to the fit the rear wall of the garage portion of the building, printed it out, and glued it in place.